Word: northwest
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...call for a study comes as the pulp and paper industry shifts its center of production from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast...
Lewinsky was a small fish in a big pond, but not just any small fish: a puffer fish. Whether she was demanding entry at the Northwest Gate or presuming to advise the President on political issues, she knew how to blow herself up to several times her natural size. In one blast of unsolicited advice giving, she counseled Clinton to settle with Paula Jones by using the First Lady's bruised feelings as an excuse. Lewinsky even laid out a media strategy: "Mrs. Clinton should do something publicly, maybe on a TV show or something, and talk about how difficult...
...central California, in the region called Big Sur, which begins in the south with William Randolph Hearst's monument to the search for happiness, at San Simeon, and extends 90 miles north to Carmel. Earle has enlarged our purview to include the Monterey Bay area 12 miles farther northwest, so that we are able to look at Elkhorn Slough off Moss Landing and Monterey Canyon. This underwater chasm, as huge as the Grand Canyon, reaches out 45 nautical miles to the foot of the continental slope, and down 9,600 ft. At the top it ripples black, like a tarpaulin...
...industry's generally good service record and argue that the benefits of the hub system far outweigh its drawbacks. "It allows medium-size cities like Sacramento to have one-stop service to 200 cities," says American spokesman Chris Chiames. "If we didn't have the hub system," asserts Northwest spokesman Marta Laughlin, "we wouldn't have the number of passengers that are needed for the volume of service we offer. You pay a premium for convenience and accessibility...
...complaints of travelers and small airlines have begun to reach Washington. The DOT is about to institute guidelines aimed at preventing "predatory" pricing, and Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Michigan last week introduced a bill to foster more competition in hub cities. Meanwhile, Northwest, which has five more union contracts to negotiate, is hoping to move from its labor problems to winning back angry customers. "We will do whatever is necessary to regain their trust and their business," vows Laughlin. For Northwest, and the rest of the industry, it will be a long journey...